La Vineria de Gualterio Bolivar Eclectic, Fine Dining About 130-140 pesos ($45) for the tasting menu, without wine. Bolívar 865, Buenos Aires, Argentina In recent years, molecular gastronomy has picked up quite the following throughout the world. Nowadays, it’s not just about quality, but rather about innovation, both in terms...
read moreEclectic, Fine Dining. About 200 pesos ($55-$60) per person. Güemes 4382 1 piso por escalera, 1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of the greatest oddities of the Argentine culinary world is that a guy can not only open a restaurant in his house, but it can be one of the best in the entire city. And that is exactly the case with Casa...
read moreOsaka Peruvian and Japanese Fusion, Sushi About 400 pesos ($110+) for 2 people. Extraordinarily expensive. Soler 5608 Buenos Aires, Argentina Surprisingly, Buenos Aires has a fair number of sushi places. It also has quite a number of Peruvian restaurants. Nowhere, though, have I seen the two combined, except at Osaka. While a fusion...
read moreGuerrin Pizzeria About $1 a slice or so. Avda Corrientes 1368 Buenos Aires, Argentina Just like Americans, Argentines love their pizza. In terms of style, though, we couldn’t have two more different pizza pies. While the American version is very saucy, cheesy, and can be topped with tons of toppings, the Argentine version is much...
read moreGarbis Armenian Food (Chain Restaurant) 60 pesos (about $17) for a menu libre, or buffet. I went to the location at: Scalabrini Ortiz & Cerviño Buenos Aires, Argentina I’ve already mentioned that Argentina has some of the best Armenian food you’ll find, largely due to the fact that there’s a huge Armenian community. As...
read moreVasalissa Callao 1940, Buenos Aires, Argentina Also at 3 other locations in Buenos Aires Vasalissa imports all of its chocolates straight from Belgium, so it has a much more European feel to it than the other chocolate brands, although for that feel it also charges at least three times as much. I paid higher prices for this...
read moreViejo Oso La Pampa 2120, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also at: Montevideo 1594, Barrio Monk, Buenos Aires, Argentina Overall, way better than most chocolate in Argentina, rivaled only by the likes of Mamushka. There are interesting, unique flavors, but not at the cost of chocolate quality. Truffles are outstanding...
read moreSarkis Armenian My cost: 360 ($105) pesos for 6 people Thames 1101 1414 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina As an Armenian, I was more than thrilled to find out that Buenos Aires has a popping Armenian district, with one of the largest communities of Armenians outside of Armenia. In fact, the Armenians have their own...
read moreParrilla/Steakhouse. My cost: 360 pesos (About $105) for 4 young college students, with a ravenous appetite. Cabrera 5099, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In terms of Argentine cuisine, you really can’t do much better than the meat, which you can find fresh and cheap throughout the city. Very few steakhouses, however, have the...
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